All 5 Uses of
charade
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- The first night after the charades.†
Chpt 4 *
- Dolphin's Barn, the charades.†
Chpt 8
- At Dolphin's barn charades in Luke Doyle's house.†
Chpt 13
- Once, in 1887, after a protracted performance of charades in the house of Luke Doyle, Kimmage, he had awaited with patience the apparition of the diurnal phenomenon, seated on a wall, his gaze turned in the direction of Mizrach, the east.†
Chpt 17
- …his company manners making it so awkward after when we met asking me have I offended you with my eyelids down of course he saw I wasnt he had a few brains not like that other fool Henny Doyle he was always breaking or tearing something in the charades I hate an unlucky man and if I knew what it meant of course I had to say no for form sake dont understand you I said and wasnt it natural so it is of course it used to be written up with a picture of a womans on that wall in Gibraltar…†
Chpt 18
Definition:
-
(charade) a situation in which people act as though something is true that is not